Halleck Harbor, Saginaw Bay, Kuiu Island (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Alaska (56.9° N, 134.2° W: paleocoordinates 4.9° N, 66.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Saginaw Bay Formation, Early/Lower Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)

• PJW: Pennsylvanian rocks here are Saginaw Bay

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, black, carbonaceous shale and lithified, calcareous sandstone

• Black carbonaceous shale, calcareous sandstone, and conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Wright

Primary reference: A. F. Buddington and T. Chapin. 1929. Geology and mineral deposits of southeastern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 800:1-398 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 112188: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 06.07.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Identified by G.H. Girty.
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unclassified
  -
? Solenopsis sp.
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
"Aviculipecten spp." = Aviculopecten, Aviculipecten aff. mccoyi
"Aviculipecten spp." = Aviculopecten M'Coy 1851 scallop
Aviculipecten aff. mccoyi Meek and Hayden 1864 scallop
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblopteria sp.
Streblopteria sp. McCoy 1851 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium aff. aviculatum" = Pernopecten aviculatus
"Entolium aff. aviculatum" = Pernopecten aviculatus Shumard and Swallow 1858 scallop
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Crania sp.
Crania sp. Retzius 1781
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora aff. geinitziana
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp.
Dielasma sp. King 1856
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
? Schizophoria sp.
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus
"Spirifer cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus Morton 1836
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Martiniopsis sp.
Martiniopsis sp. Waagen 1883
 Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
"Spirifer aff. ufensis" = Brachythyris ufensis
"Spirifer aff. ufensis" = Brachythyris ufensis Tschernyschew 1902
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Squamularia sp.
Squamularia sp. Gemmellaro 1899
Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus aff. humboldti" = Waagenoconcha humboldti
"Productus aff. humboldti" = Waagenoconcha humboldti d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora
"Productus cora" = Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Schrenkiellidae
"Productus aff. schrenki" = Schrenkiella schrenki
"Productus aff. schrenki" = Schrenkiella schrenki Stuckenberg 1875
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus aff. porrectus" = Kochiproductus porrectus, "Productus aff. semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus
"Productus aff. porrectus" = Kochiproductus porrectus Kutorga 1844
"Productus aff. semireticulatus" = Dictyoclostus semireticulatus Martin 1809
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbya aff. robusta
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes sp.
Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes aff. trapezoidalis" = Waagenites trapezoidalis
"Chonetes aff. trapezoidalis" = Waagenites trapezoidalis Waagen 1884
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
"Fusulina aff. longissima" = Quasifusulina longissima
"Fusulina aff. longissima" = Quasifusulina longissima von Möller 1878